I arrived at the tiny airport in Piura, Peru, last night a bit exhausted, but excited to see what God has in store. We at Restore Brazil are committed to planting Gospel-centered churches in Brazil, as well as serving church planters and pastors with training, coaching, and mentoring. Recently, through a friend Renato Vargens, we decided to take part in organizaing a pastor's conference in the North of Peru to reach pastors. Four pastors are traveling with me for this conference, all of them Brazilians (no English for me this week!)
Piura is a good sized state (500,000) in a heavily Catholic region, with very little evangelical presence. The majority of pastors here are not trained in theology, and a local missionary told me that they basically learn much of their theology from televangelists, primarily neo-pentecostal televangelists. Additionally, the churches here lack resources in every way, so we hope to discover ways to help.
We are planning a two-day conference where we hope to saturate 100+ Peruvian pastors with Gospel-centered theology and church planting concepts. Speaking at the conference will be myself, Renato Vargens, Judiclay Silva Santos, Jean Pires, and Leandro, a Brazil missionary and popular blogger at http://www.pulpitocristao.com/.
While we are not changing our focus to reach Brazil, we believe occasional conferences such as these can serve the greater community of pastors in South America. Join us in prayer that God would use this conference to reach Peruvians and that this largely unreached region would see more Gospel fruit in the future.
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